|| happiness of marionette

Tomorrow’s it. I did a count, and I just found out I’ve been waiting 4 months, 1 week and 2 days for tomorrow. xD I first found out about PG 00 on July 17th, and it’s almost the date of release. Can you believe that?

I’ve engaged myself in a few 00 Raiser-related projects over the past week to time with PG 00R’s release, as well as pass time. XD The week seemed to pass even more slowly than usual. I guess that happens when you’re waiting for something.

Usual warnings for laptop pictures apply!
2 of the projects I’ve been working on. Well, technically, they were already completed months ago, but I’ve been wanting to panel-line them for a while since they were snap-built, so I inked them.

You can’t really see the panel lines on SD 00 Raiser – pity since I was pretty happy with how it turned out. xD I didn’t colour the parts that needed painting since I didn’t have grey markers. Funny story behind this guy; I got him because I wanted SD O Raiser. Yeah, I bought the SD 00 Gundam release before the 00 Raiser one, so you could imagine how angry I was when the SD 00R was announced. Ohhh Bandai. ):

And HG 1/144 00 Raiser Designer Colors was a gift from a friend. XD;; Inking parts after the model has been completed is pretty inconvenient, and now this model can’t stand properly. I’m not sure why but he keeps bending over backwards ahaha. I’ll use a stand to display him. :V Oh, I really like the way his GN Drives turned out after panel lining. Sexy black lines. ♥ Gunpla really do look better after panel lining.

This is what has been keeping me busy yesterday and today. 8D I was stuck between Throne Drei and this guy and I went with this guy instead. I managed to get Drei in a trade. :)

Four packages of runners!

And 7 runners in total. :D :D So many runners…! Well, that’s a given, since we’re building two mechs here. There’re 7 runners, but most of them are small-sized. And PINK!! The shiny maroon colour is pretty. Stickers are also shiny; they kind of remind me of those very colourful stickers that I used to collect as a primary school kid. |D;;

This isn’t the first time I’ve built a specially-coloured kit – that honour goes to NG 1/100 Exia Trans-Am. Back then, I didn’t give a whole lot of thought into gunpla-building. Snap fit it asap, and it’s good. xD

So yes, Trans-Am Raiser is my second Trans-Am-coloured kit, and just looking at the runners alone, I now understand why people hate specially-coloured kits. x_X Besides visible nubs that are difficult to clean up, the paint job on the kit itself is really bad. On many parts, there’re blackish lines on the parts which appear as though I had many little accidents with the panel-lining marker. XD Hooray mass production. Luckily it’s not really visible unless you pick it up and closely inspect it.

My temporary workdesk. I don’t usually build my kits at the desktop table, it’s just that my sis is also on her break, and she uses my desk for the laptop. And there’re no other desks in the house which I can use for gunpla building, so I used the computer desk. xD

Two paper boxes – one for completed parts and one for eraser dust and litter. Idea ganked from Ngee Khiong. XD I usually reuse the box for completed parts for other projects so that it’s less wasteful, and I don’t use plain paper – I use notes that I don’t need lmao.

That cute blue pencil box holds my stuff. Gundam Markers, x-acto knife, tweezers, eraser. There’s also a toothpick in there for removing panel-lining ink from hard-to-reach places. The brush is for dusting! I got fed-up with the used paintbrush I was using since it was removing nothing, so I got this. xD

My cutting mat is called Ashley lmao. Ashley is relatively clean, save for some red paint spots and black spots which the panel-lining marker inflicted on her. And the cutter is the cheapo Bandai side-cutter. I’ve had it since I first got NG 1/100 Exia, which was…early last year, I think? Still pretty useful, but if you’re not careful when cutting parts, it’ll leave dents in the parts. >_>;

Anyway, since I’m not doing anything extra special, I didn’t bother taking a lot of pics of my progress, just what I had at the end of the day.

Day 1:
I have butter fingers! I kept dropping the parts until I’ve lost count, and luckily, I didn’t lose anything. X_X I got distracted by the awesome discovery of PG 00R’s moveable wing binders, and this was what I had at the end of the day:

I’m not very good at multi-tasking, can you tell? XD Oh, you can’t see it from the picture, but on the red sticker that goes onto 00R’s…forehead, you can actually see tiny words printed in white: “00 Raiser”. Pretty cool. xD

Day 2:
One arm and legs and waist to go! Shaving the flash with x-acto leaves a faint black mark on the spot where the flash is. Between an uncleaned and visible nub and a faint black nub mark which you can’t see unless you look at the area upclose, I guess the latter is a lesser evil. :/

But yeah, specially-coloured kits? Nice to look at, a pain to make them look good.

No butter fingers today! But I wasn’t paying attention and I had two instances of fixing together parts without putting everything in place. OTL Luckily, I was able to remove them and set things right.

And this is what I have right now:
A Gundam with no GN-Drives in Trans-am Mode…! 8D; I’ll give you your GN Drives tomorrow, 00! ;_;

Still got a long way to go.

Looks like I won’t be able to complete it in time for tomorrow. |DDD;; I guess I should have started on this instead of panel-lining SD 00, but that’s okay. Maybe if I concentrate more, I’ll be able to finish within tomorrow. o/ If not, I’ll just enjoy the process of building.

8 comments

TOMORROW! that is quite the long wait you had to endure… let me build it with you! XDD haha those are some great ways to pass the time, panel lines add so much to a kit. they are fairly easy to do too, a must. so your going to have 4 00’s = 00000000 Gundam! :P

the only workspace i have to build my kits is on my desk and there isnt much space at all. you have things so neatly laid out! my process is extremely messy ^^;; i want a kit to build nao XD

did you see the video showing the joint functions? you can hold him by one leg horizontally and he wont bend over or anything, amazing!

It was a long wait, but it’s all worthwhile. XDD Ahaha, 00000000 Gundam…Quadruple Drive System!!? And yeah, I wonder why I never started on panel lining earlier. XD They’re fun to do. It’s cool how something as simple as inking can make a big difference.

Lack of space is problematic. ;_; And I guess I like knowing where my things are so that I don’t have to spend time looking for them, so I try to keep things neat. xD And my Mom won’t be pleased if my stuff are all over the place, so yeah..

I did! It was amazing; my friend watched it with me and she said her heart stopped a little when the guy shook the model. XD Also, O Raiser is far bigger than I imagined, I was so shocked by how large it is. o_o;

wow! nice wip! lolx.. i see you’re building faster den me!! hahaha.. im really a slow poke when building gunpla.. recently i started on a new kit.. shhhhh. its sort of a breather between my room reno cleaning up and stuffs.. so i din make any post abt it.. plus the AFA to cover.. its alot of posts! haha. this shhhhh kit will only appear after i finish with AFA and room reno i guess.. ANYWAYS… the MAIN FOCUS IS 00 RAISER!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO ITS SWIMMING TO YOU NOW!! CAN YOU SEE IT??? lolx XDDD man. i cant contain my excitement for you man.. im sooooooooooooooo jealous.. even MORE after the ROTATING WINGS and ‘DISGUSTINGLY’ strong joints.. XD you can hammer a nail with it!! lolx! enjoy ur build! =D

Space is always an issue! Worse for me cos i do sanding, puttying, slicing and drilling…all that plastic dust lol. Most of the time I try to do it outside at a open area instead so less clean up later haha. If i am purely snap fitting then I’ll be able to do inside ^^

I can imagine. ): And if you do spraypainting, space becomes an even bigger problem. Sometimes I had an open area or a garden or something since it’s not very considerate to spray topcoat in a playground while children are playing there… xD;